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US-20250382485-A1

Ink Composition for Ultraviolet-Curable Inkjet Printing

PublishedDecember 18, 2025
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Technical Abstract

Provided is an ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing comprising polymerization components, a resin component, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polymerization components include (A) a polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer, (B) a nitrogen-containing monomer, (C) an aromatic ring-containing monomer, and (D) a polyfunctional monomer, wherein the resin component includes a hydroxyl group-containing resin, wherein (A) comprises an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule, wherein (B) comprises vinyl caprolactam, wherein (C) comprises benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate, wherein (D) comprises at least one of propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, wherein a content of (A) is 0.1 to 13.0% by mass, wherein a content of (C) is 35.0 to 75.0% by mass, wherein a content of (D) is 2.0 to 16.0% by mass, and wherein the hydroxyl group-containing resin includes a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group.

Patent Claims

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. An ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing comprising polymerization components, a resin component, and a photopolymerization initiator,

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. The ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing of, wherein a content of the vinyl caprolactam is 3.5 to 17.0% by mass, and

Detailed Description

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The present invention relates to an ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing. More specifically, the present invention relates to an ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing that has an excellent adhesiveness to a plastic base material and can form a coating film having flexibility, water resistance, and waterproof property.

Conventionally, an ultraviolet-curable ink has been used in fields such as inkjet printing because it dries quickly, does not contain volatile solvents, and can be printed on various base materials (for example, Patent Document 1). Inkjet printing has been applied to a variety of fields from normal printing to special printing because it can create an image easily and inexpensively. Moreover, an ink composition for inkjet printing has been required which can be printed on various base materials that are stretched or bent after typing and is excellent in coating film property to be obtained (for example, water resistance and waterproof property).

Patent Document 1: WO 2010/143738

When the ink composition described in Patent Document 1 forms a coating film on a plastic base material (e.g., acryl, polycarbonate, or polystyrene), there is room for improvement in adhesiveness of the coating film. Moreover, the ink composition described in Patent Document 1 has room for improvement in terms of flexibility, water resistance, and waterproof property of a coating film to be obtained.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing that has an excellent adhesiveness to a plastic base material and can form a coating film having flexibility, water resistance, and waterproof property.

As a result of intensive studies for solving the above-described problems, the present inventors have found that the above-described problems can be solved simultaneously by adopting certain polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer, nitrogen-containing monomer, aromatic ring-containing monomer, and polyfunctional monomer, as polymerization components, and adopting a certain hydroxyl group-containing resin as a resin component, and completed the present invention.

The ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing according to one embodiment of the present invention that solves the above-described problems comprises polymerization components, a resin component, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polymerization components include (A) a polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer, (B) a nitrogen-containing monomer, (C) an aromatic ring-containing monomer, and (D) a polyfunctional monomer, wherein the resin component includes a hydroxyl group-containing resin, wherein (A) the polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer comprises an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule, wherein (B) the nitrogen-containing monomer comprises vinyl caprolactam, wherein (C) the aromatic ring-containing monomer comprises benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate, wherein (D) the polyfunctional monomer comprises at least one of propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, wherein a content of (A) the polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer is 0.1 to 13.0% by mass, wherein a content of (C) the aromatic ring-containing monomer is 35.0 to 75.0% by mass, wherein a content of (D) the polyfunctional monomer is 2.0 to 16.0% by mass, and wherein the hydroxyl group-containing resin includes a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group.

The ink composition for ultraviolet-curable inkjet printing according to one embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as the ink composition) comprises polymerization components, a resin component, and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerization components include (A) a polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer, (B) a nitrogen-containing monomer, (C) an aromatic ring-containing monomer, and (D) a polyfunctional monomer. The resin component includes a hydroxyl group-containing resin. (A) The polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer comprises an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule. (B) The nitrogen-containing monomer comprises vinyl caprolactam. (C) The aromatic ring-containing monomer comprises benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate. (D) The polyfunctional monomer comprises at least one of propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate. A content of (A) the polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer is 0.1 to 13.0% by mass. A content of (C) the aromatic ring-containing monomer is 35.0 to 75.0% by mass. A content of (D) the polyfunctional monomer is 2.0 to 16.0% by mass. The hydroxyl group-containing resin includes a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group. Each component will be described below.

(A) The polyfunctional amine-modified oligomer is contained as a polymerization component and comprises an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule.

The acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule is not particularly limited. By way of an example, examples of the photopolymerizable functional group in the acrylated amine compound include a functional group which may undergo polymerization reaction with visible light or invisible light including ionizing radiation such as ultraviolet rays and electron beams to form a cross-linking bond between molecules. Moreover, examples of the photopolymerizable functional group include both a photopolymerizable functional group in a narrow sense which is directly activated by light irradiation to undergo a photopolymerization reaction, and a photopolymerizable functional group in a broad sense which initiates and promotes a photopolymerization reaction due to action of an active species generated from a photopolymerization initiator when irradiated with light with the photopolymerizable functional group and the photopolymerization initiator coexisting.

The photopolymerizable functional group is one having a photoradical polymerization reactivity such as an ethylenic double bond, one having a photocationic polymerization reactivity and a photoanionic polymerization reactivity such as a cyclic ether group such as an epoxy group, or the like. Among them, the photopolymerizable functional group is preferably an ethylenic double bond such as a (meth)acryloyl group, a vinyl group, and an allyl group, and more preferably a (meth)acryloyl group. In the acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule, it is preferable that two photopolymerizable functional groups are both (meth)acryloyl groups and that an amine value is 130 to 142 mgKOH/g. Besides, in the present embodiment, the amine value means an amine value per 1 g of solid content, which is converted to an equivalent of potassium hydroxide after measurement by a potentiometric titration method (for example, COMTITE (AUTO TITRATOR COM-900, BURET B-900, TITSTATIONK-900) manufactured by HIRANUMA Co., Ltd.) using a 0.1N aqueous hydrochloric acid.

The acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule is preferably an acrylated amine compound obtained by reacting a bifunctional (meth)acrylate with an amine compound. The bifunctional (meth)acrylate is alkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate such as 1,4-butanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1,6-hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol di(meth)acrylate, propylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, 1,3-butylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, and neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, di (meth) acrylate of alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol such as di(meth)acrylate of ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, di(meth)acrylate of ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol F, di(meth)acrylate of ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol S, di(meth)acrylate of ethylene oxide adduct of thiobisphenol, and di(meth)acrylate of ethylene oxide adduct of brominated bisphenol A, polyalkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate such as polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate and polypropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, di(meth)acrylate of hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol ester, or the like. Among them, the bifunctional (meth)acrylate is preferably 1,6-hexanediol di(meth)acrylate.

The amine compound is a monofunctional amine compound such as benzylamine, phenethylamine, ethylamine, n-propylamine, isopropylamine, n-butylamine, isobutylamine, n-pentylamine, isopentylamine, n-hexylamine, cyclohexylamine, n-heptylamine, n-octylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, n-nonylamine, n-decylamine, n-dodecylamine, n-tetradecylamine, n-hexadecylamine, and n-octadecylamine, a polyfunctional amine compound such as diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine, 1,6-hexamethylenediamine, 1,8-octamethylenediamine, 1,12-dodecamethylenediamine, o-phenylenediamine, p-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine, o-xylylenediamine, p-xylylenediamine, m-xylylenediamine, mentanediamine, bis(4-amino-3-methylcyclohexylnomethane), isophoronediamine, 1,3-diaminocyclohexane, and spiroacetal-based diamine, or the like. Moreover, the amine compound may be a high molecular weight type of polyfunctional amine compound such as polyethyleneimine, polyvinylamine, and polyallylamine.

The above-described acrylated amine compound is preferably a compound obtained by reacting 1,6-hexanediol di(meth)acrylate with an amine compound. Specifically, the acrylated amine compound is CN371 (manufactured by Sartomer), EB7100 (EBECRYL 7100, manufactured by Cytec), Agi008 (manufactured by DSM), or the like.

The content of (A) the component may be 0.1% by mass or more, preferably 0.5% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of (A) the component may be 13.0% by mass or less, preferably 12.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of (A) the component is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition has an excellent curability, and also has excellent storage stability and ejection stability.

(B) The nitrogen-containing monomer is contained as a polymerization component and comprises vinyl caprolactam.

A content of vinyl caprolactam is preferably 3.5% by mass or more, and more preferably 5.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of vinyl caprolactam is preferably 17.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 15.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of (B) the component is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition exhibits excellent curability and abrasion resistance.

Besides, (B) the component may comprise nitrogen-containing monomers other than vinyl caprolactam. Such other nitrogen-containing monomers include acrylamide such as acryloyl morpholine, acrylonitrile, (meth)acrylamide, N-methoxymethylacrylamide, diacetone acrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, and diethylacrylamide, N-alkylol (C1-5) (meth)acrylamide such as N-vinylcarbazole, N-vinylacetamide, N-vinylpyrrolidone, N,N-dimethyl(meth)acrylamide, N,N-diethyl(meth)acrylamide, hydroxymethyl(meth)acryldiamide, di(2-hydroxyethyl)(meth)acrylamide, di(3-hydroxypropyl)(meth)acrylamide, and di(4-hydroxybutyl)(meth)acrylamide, 1 to 3 molar adducts of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, N-vinyl caprolactam, vinylmethyloxazolidinone, (meth)acryloylpyrrolidine, and (meth)acryloylpiperidine of these N-alkylol (C1-5) (meth)acrylamide, and the like.

(C) The aromatic ring-containing monomer is contained as a polymerization component and comprises benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate. When it comprises both benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate, a cured coating film to be obtained is more excellent in waterproof property.

A content of (C) the component may be 35.0% by mass or more, preferably 40.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of (C) the component may be 75.0% by mass or less, preferably 70.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of (C) the component is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition can impart waterproof property to the coating film.

Besides, (C) the component may comprise aromatic ring-containing monomers other than benzyl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate. Such other aromatic ring-containing monomers include phenoxydialkylene glycol (meth)acrylate such as phenyl (meth)acrylate, benzyl methacrylate, phenoxyethyl methacrylate, phenoxypropyl (meth)acrylate, phenoxydiethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, and phenoxydipropylene glycol (meth)acrylate, phenoxypolyethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, phenoxypolyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol-(meth)acrylate, and the like.

(D) The polyfunctional monomer is contained as a polymerization component and comprises at least one of propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate.

A content of (D) the component may be 2.0% by mass or more, preferably 2.5% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of (D) the component may be 16.0% by mass or less, preferably 15.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of (D) the component is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition can achieve both coating film resistance and flexibility.

Besides, (D) the component may comprise other polyfunctional monomers besides at least one of propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, or 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate. Such other polyfunctional monomers include ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, vinyloxyethoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, EO (10 or 20 molar) modified bisphenol A diacrylate, polyethylene glycol (400) di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol (600) diacrylate, ethoxylated (30) bisphenol A diacrylate, alkoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyethylene glycol (600) dimethacrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, propylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, butanediol di(meth)acrylate, hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, dipropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, triethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, tripropylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol di (meth) acrylate, neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, dimethylol-tricyclodecane di(meth)acrylate, hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate, polytetramethylene glycol diacrylate, pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate and an ethylene oxide modified product thereof, dipentaerythritol penta(meth)acrylate and an ethylene oxide modified product thereof, dipentaerythritol hexa(meth)acrylate and an ethylene oxide modified product thereof, urethane (meth)acrylate, epoxy (meth)acrylate, polyester (meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol ethoxytetraacrylate, caprolactam modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, ethoxylated bisphenol A diacrylate, alkoxylated tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, and the like.

The ink composition of the present embodiment comprises a hydroxyl group-containing resin as a resin component. The hydroxyl group-containing resin includes a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group. The ketone resin having a hydroxyl group is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the ketone resin having a hydroxyl group is a ketone resin having a hydroxyl group obtained by hydrogenating a ketone resin obtained by reacting a ketone group-containing compound that is an aromatic ketone compound such as acetophenone or an alicyclic ketone compound such as cyclohexanone and trimethylcyclohexanone with an aldehyde compound such as formaldehyde, an urethane-modified ketone resin containing a hydroxyl group obtained by reacting a ketone resin having a substituent that can react with an isocyanate compound with a polyisocyanate compound such as isophorone diisocyanate, or the like. These ketone resins having hydroxyl groups are commercially available as those such as VariPlus SK and VariPlus 1201 TF manufactured by Evonik Tego Chemie GmbH.

A content of the hydroxyl group-containing resin is preferably 1.5% by mass or more, and more preferably 2.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the hydroxyl group-containing resin is preferably 16.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 15.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of the hydroxyl group-containing resin is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition can reduce surface tackiness of a coating film while imparting adhesiveness to a base material.

The ink composition of the present embodiment comprises a photopolymerization initiator.

The photopolymerization initiator is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the photopolymerization initiator is benzophenone, diethylthioxanthone, 2-methyl-1-(4-methylthio) phenyl-2-morpholinopropan-1-4-benzoyl-4′-methyldiphenylsulfide, 1-chloro-4-propoxythioxanthone, one, isopropylthioxanthone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one, 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenylketone, bis-2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl-2,4,4-trimethylpentylphosphine oxide, 1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-phenyl]-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-propane-1-one, 2,2-dimethyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone, 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone, 2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl-diphenylphosphine oxide, 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1-(morpholinophenyl)-butane-1-one, or the like. Such photopolymerization initiators are commercially available, and can be obtained, for example, under trade names of Irgacure 907, Irgacure 369, Irgacure 184, Irgacure 379, Irgacure 819, TPO, etc. from BASF, and under trade names of DETX, etc. from Lamberti. The photopolymerization initiator may be used in combination.

A content of the photopolymerization initiator is not particularly limited. By way of an example, when ultraviolet rays (UV) or ultraviolet rays (light emitting diodes (LEDs)) are used as light sources, the content of the photopolymerization initiator is preferably 3% by mass or more, and more preferably 4% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the photopolymerization initiator is preferably 15% by mass or less, and more preferably 10% by mass or less, in the ink composition. When the content of the photopolymerization initiator is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition may have sufficient curability and internal curability, and low cost.

The ink composition of the present embodiment preferably comprises a sensitizer. When the ink composition comprises a sensitizer, for example, it can promote curability against ultraviolet rays using a light emitting diode (LED) as a light source and has light absorption characteristics mainly in a wavelength range of ultraviolet rays of 400 nm or more, which makes it easy for expressing a sensitizing function of a curing reaction by light having a wavelength in that range. Besides, “expressing a sensitizing function of a curing reaction by light having a wavelength of 400 nm or more” described above means having light absorption characteristics in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more. By using such a sensitizer, the ink composition of the present embodiment can be promoted in LED curability.

The sensitizer is preferably an anthracene-based sensitizer, a thioxanthone-based sensitizer, or the like, and more preferably a thioxanthone-based sensitizer. A photosensitizer may be used in combination. Specifically, the photosensitizer is an anthracene-based sensitizer such as 9,10-dibutoxyanthracene, 9,10-diethoxyanthracene, 9,10-dipropoxyanthracene, and 9,10-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)anthracene, a thioxanthone-based sensitizer such as 2,4-diethylthioxanthone, 2-isopropylthioxanthone, and 4-isopropylthioxanthone, or the like. Representative examples of commercially available products include DBA and DEA (manufactured by KAWASAKI KASEI CHEMICALS LTD.) as anthracene-based sensitizers, DETX and ITX (manufactured by Lambson Ltd.) as thioxanthone-based sensitizers, and the like.

When the ink composition comprises a sensitizer, a content of the sensitizer is preferably greater than 0% and 3.5% by mass or less in the ink composition. When the content of the sensitizer is within the above-described range, an effect of compounding the sensitizer in the ink composition is easily improved.

The ink composition of the present embodiment preferably comprises a colorant. When the ink composition comprises a colorant, it can produce an ink composition of each color.

The colorant is not particularly limited. By way of an example, as colorants, conventionally used pigments and dyes can be used without particular limitation, and pigments such as organic pigments and inorganic pigments are preferable. The colorant may be used in combination.

The organic pigments are dye lake pigments, azo-based, benzoimidazolone-based, phthalocyanine-based, quinacridone-based, anthraquinone-based, dioxazine-based, indigo-based, thioindigo-based, perylene-based, perinone-based, diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole-based, isoindolinone-based, nitro-based, nitroso-based, anthraquinone-based, flavanthrone-based, quinophthalone-based, pyranthrone-based, indanthrone-based pigments, or the like.

The inorganic pigments are colored pigments such as titanium oxide, red oxide, antimony red, cadmium yellow, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, navy blue, iron black, chrome oxide green, carbon black, and graphite (including achromatic color pigments such as white and black), extender pigments such as calcium carbonate, kaolin, clay, barium sulfate, aluminum hydroxide, and talc, or the like.

Specific examples of representative pigments for each hue of the ink composition of the present embodiment are as follows. A yellow pigment is C. I. Pigment Yellow 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 42, 73, 74, 75, 81, 83, 87, 93, 95, 97, 98, 108, 109, 114, 120, 128, 129, 138, 139, 150, 151, 155, 166, 180, 184, 185, 213, or the like, preferably C. I. Pigment Yellow 150, 155, 180, 213, or the like. A content of the yellow pigment is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the content of the yellow pigment is preferably 1.0% by mass or more, and more preferably 1.5% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the yellow pigment is preferably 4.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 3.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition.

A magenta pigment is C. I. Pigment Red 5, 7, 12, 22, 38, 48:1, 48:2, 48:4, 49:1, 53:1, 57, 57:1, 63:1, 101, 102, 112, 122, 123, 144, 146, 149, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 185, 190, 202, 209, 224, 242, 254, 255, 270, C. I. Pigment Violet 19, or the like, preferably C. I. Pigment Red 122, 202, Pigment Violet 19, or the like. A content of the magenta pigment is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the content of the magenta pigment is preferably 1.0% by mass or more, and more preferably 2.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the magenta pigment is preferably 5.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 4.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition.

A cyan pigment is C. I. Pigment Blue 1, 2, 3, 15, 15:1, 15:2, 15:3, 15:4, 15:6, 16, 18, 22, 27, 29, 60, or the like, preferably C. I. Pigment Blue 15:4 or the like. A content of the cyan pigment is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the content of the cyan pigment is preferably 1.0% by mass or more, and more preferably 2.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the cyan pigment is preferably 5.0% by mass or less, and more preferably 4.0% by mass or less, in the ink composition.

A black pigment is carbon black (C. I. Pigment Black 7) or the like. A content of the black pigment is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the content of the black pigment is preferably 0.5% by mass or more, and more preferably 1.0% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the black pigment is preferably 3.5% by mass or less, and more preferably 2.5% by mass or less, in the ink composition.

A white pigment is titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, or the like, preferably titanium oxide surface-treated with various materials such as alumina and silica, or the like. A content of the white pigment is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the content of the white pigment is preferably 10% by mass or more, and more preferably 12% by mass or more, in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the white pigment is preferably 17% by mass or less, and more preferably 15% by mass or less, in the ink composition.

A content of the colorant is preferably 1% by mass or more in the ink composition. Moreover, the content of the colorant is preferably 20% by mass or less in the ink composition. When the content of the colorant is within the above-described ranges, the ink composition has an appropriate image quality of a printed matter to be obtained and is excellent in viscosity property.

A pigment dispersant is appropriately compounded in order to improve dispersibility of the pigment and storage stability of the ink composition.

The pigment dispersant is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the pigment dispersant is a carbodiimide-based dispersant, a polyester amine-based dispersant, a fatty acid amine-based dispersant, a modified polyacrylate-based dispersant, a modified polyurethane-based dispersant, and a multichain polymer nonionic dispersant, a polymer ion activator, or the like. The pigment dispersant may be used in combination.

When the pigment dispersant is compounded, a content of the pigment dispersant is not particularly limited. The content of the pigment dispersant is preferably 1 to 200% by mass based on 100% by mass of the pigment. When the content of the pigment dispersant is within the above-described range, an ink composition to be obtained has an excellent storage stability.

The ink composition of the present embodiment may contain, as other components, various additives such as a surfactant, an organic solvent, a polymerization inhibitor, a preservability improving agent, an ultraviolet absorber, an antioxidant, an anti-foaming agent, an antifungal agent, an antirust agent, a thickener, a moisturizing agent, and a pH adjusting agent.

The surfactant (leveling agent) is not particularly limited. By way of an example, the surfactant is a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, or the like. More specifically, the surfactant is a silicone-based surfactant such as a polyether-modified silicone oil, a polyester-modified polydimethylsiloxane, a polyester-modified methylalkyl polysiloxane, a fluorine-based surfactant, an acetylene-based surfactant, or the like.

The silicone-based surfactant is BYK-307, BYK-315N, BYK-331, BYK-333, BYK-347, BYK-348, BYK-349, BYK-345, BYK-377, BYK-378, BYK-3455 (manufactured by BYK-Chemie), or the like.

The fluorine-based surfactant is F-410, F-444, F-553 (manufactured by DIC CORPORATION), FS-65, FS-34, FS-35, FS-31, FS-30 (manufactured by DuPont), or the like.

The acetylene-based surfactant is DYNOL 607, DYNOL 609, OLFINE E1004, OLFINE E1010, OLFINE E1020, OLFINE PD-001, OLFINE PD-002W, OLFINE PD-004, OLFINE PD-005, OLFINE EXP.4001, OLFINE EXP.4200, OLFINE EXP.4123, OLFINE EXP.4300 (manufactured by Nissin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), SURFYNOL 104E, SURFYNOL 104H, SURFYNOL 104A, SURFYNOL 104BC, SURFYNOL 104DPM, SURFYNOL 104PA, SURFYNOL 104PG-50, SURFYNOL 420, SURFYNOL 440, SURFYNOL 465 (manufactured by Evonik Industries AG), or the like.

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